St. Landry Parish Recent Bookings

St. Landry Parish recent bookings are available through the parish's official LAVINE roster, which lists people currently held at the St. Landry Parish Jail in Opelousas. You can search by name to pull up charges, booking dates, booking numbers, and mugshots for most entries. This page covers where to find the roster, what data it includes, who runs the jail, and what Louisiana law says about your right to access these public records.

St. Landry Parish LAVINE Booking Roster

The main tool for finding St. Landry Parish recent bookings is the LAVINE roster at stlandry.lavns.org. This is the official parish connection to Louisiana's statewide victim notification network. The roster updates every 30 minutes, so the data reflects custody changes at the jail in near real time. You can browse the full list or search by name to find a specific person.

Each booking entry on the roster shows the person's name, date of birth, race, gender, and booking number. If you click through to a detailed view, mugshots are available for most entries. The roster is free to use. No account or registration is needed to view it.

The screenshot below is from the St. Landry Parish LAVINE roster, the official parish jail booking page for Opelousas and surrounding communities.

The roster is the fastest public way to check who is in custody at the St. Landry Parish Jail on any given day.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office oversees the parish jail and handles all booking data. Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz leads the department. The administrative office is at 1592 East Prudhomme Street in Opelousas, LA 70570. You can also reach them by mail at P.O. Box 1029, Opelousas, LA 70571. The main phone line is (337) 948-6516. For fax, use (337) 407-9458.

The sheriff's office maintains two email addresses for different purposes. General contact for Sheriff Guidroz goes to bguidroz@slpsheriff.com. For questions specifically about intake or jail matters, use intake@slpsheriff.com. The full sheriff's website is at slpsheriff.com, where you can find contact pages, public safety news, and links to the booking roster.

Sheriff Guidroz has described his approach to the office this way: "I, as your Sheriff, am committed to making tremendous strides in the advancement of our department in training, professionalism, and technology. I am always committed to staying as up to date with new technologies and procedures, while still being fiscally conservative with your tax dollars." That commitment to technology is visible in how the department keeps the LAVINE roster active and current.

The screenshot below is from the official St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office website, which links to the booking roster and other public safety resources.

The sheriff's site is a good starting point if you need more than just the roster, including contact info for specific units or services.

St. Landry Parish Jail Location and Services

The St. Landry Parish Jail is at 108 South Market Street in Opelousas, LA 70570. This is a separate address from the sheriff's main office on Prudhomme Street. The jail phone number is (337) 948-5804. Fax is (337) 942-9729. If you need to reach someone at the jail specifically, call that number rather than the main sheriff's line.

The facility holds people who have been arrested and are awaiting trial, along with those convicted of crimes. Programming at the jail is designed to support inmate accountability and successful community reintegration. Services available to inmates include visitation, offender handheld tablets, incoming and outgoing mail, email, commissary, offender funds, packages, and telephone access. Families looking to stay in contact have several options through these programs.

Note: Contact the jail directly at (337) 948-5804 for current visitation rules, hours, and any scheduling requirements before making a trip.

Louisiana Public Records Law and St. Landry Bookings

Louisiana law makes booking records public by default. Under R.S. 44:1, public records include all documents made or received by a public body in carrying out its official duties. The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office is a public body. The records it creates when someone is booked into jail fall under this definition. That means the booking roster is a public record, not a courtesy.

R.S. 44:31 gives every adult in Louisiana the right to inspect, copy, and reproduce public records. You do not need to show a reason or prove any special interest. The right to look at booking data is open to anyone of legal age. The sheriff's office cannot refuse access based on who you are or why you are asking.

R.S. 15:587 covers arrest records specifically. It defines them as public and applies to all law enforcement agencies across the state. St. Landry Parish booking records, including names, charges, booking dates, and booking numbers, are covered under this statute. Under R.S. 44:32, any request for public records must be fulfilled within three business days or the agency must explain in writing why more time is needed.

All persons listed in St. Landry Parish booking records are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

What St. Landry Parish Booking Records Include

A booking record in St. Landry Parish captures the details of someone's intake at the jail. The standard fields on the LAVINE roster are name, date of birth, race, gender, and booking number. When you click into an individual record, you can usually find the charges listed by description, along with a mugshot taken at the time of booking.

What the record does not tell you is what happened after booking. A person may have posted bond and been released within hours. Charges may have been reduced or dropped. A case might already be resolved. The booking record is a snapshot of intake, not a summary of the full legal case. Always check court records separately if you need the complete picture of what happened.

Juvenile records are sealed in Louisiana and are never part of the public roster. If someone was booked as a minor, that record does not appear on the public LAVINE page.

LA VINE Notifications for St. Landry Parish

The LA VINE program lets you sign up for automatic alerts tied to a specific person's custody status. If someone in St. Landry Parish Jail is released, transferred, or has a status change, you get notified. This is a free service run through the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement.

You can also use VINELink, the national platform connected to LA VINE. VINELink works across multiple states, which is useful if someone might be moved out of Louisiana. The LA VINE phone line is 866-528-6748 (866-LAVNS-4-U). It runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

For people who have been sentenced to state prison time, records move from the local jail to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. You can search state-level inmates using the DPS&C offender search tool. If someone is not on the St. Landry roster, checking there is the next step.

Nearby Parishes

These parishes border St. Landry Parish. Each maintains its own sheriff's office and booking roster.